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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Barbara Kingsolver answer this question?
(a) By imagining Tolstoy explaining what "War and Peace" was about.
(b) By yelling at the person who asked.
(c) By explaining patiently.
(d) By changing the topic.

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the effect of 'Silence of the Lambs'?
(a) Pure fantasy.
(b) Harmful to society.
(c) Constructive criticism for society.
(d) Useful, dream-like catharsis.

3. Why were Barbara Kingsolver's friends jealous of her book tour?
(a) She was going to be famous.
(b) She was traveling first class.
(c) She was getting to see the U.S.
(d) She was going to be rich.

4. How was Barbara Kingsolver greeted in Africa?
(a) 'Hey lady, buy this from me'.
(b) 'Hello pretty lady'.
(c) 'Go home, American'.
(d) 'Hello, white person'.

5. Why couldn't Barbara Kingsolver refuse to go on book tour?
(a) No one would know who she was.
(b) She would have gained a reputation as an uncooperative author.
(c) Her fans would have abandoned her.
(d) She would have lost her next contract.

6. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her fan mail?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Entertaining.
(c) Flattering.
(d) Goofy.

7. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the justification for suppressing this information?
(a) Obscenity.
(b) Decency.
(c) Morality.
(d) Aesthetics.

8. What are Barbara Kingsolver's feelings about nuclear weapons?
(a) They should be banned.
(b) They should only be possessed by two or three nations.
(c) They work as effective deterrents.
(d) They should only be used to avert all-out war.

9. What does Barbara Kingsolver say could be purchased at Turner's General Store?
(a) Hunting licenses.
(b) Worms.
(c) Beer.
(d) Lumber.

10. What does Barbara Kingsolver use less as she wrote her books?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Violence.
(d) Flawed protagonists.

11. What did Barbara Kingsolver build behind her house?
(a) An outhouse.
(b) A dog run.
(c) A pond.
(d) A garden.

12. What was Camille thrilled by at Horse Lick Creek?
(a) Deer tracks.
(b) Crayfish.
(c) Cliff dwellings.
(d) Ancient ruins.

13. What animal went extinct in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?
(a) Komodo dragon.
(b) Passenger pigeon.
(c) Dodo bird.
(d) Mongoose.

14. What kind of musical training had Barbara Kingsolver had?
(a) She had been in amateur groups before.
(b) Music scholarship for classical piano.
(c) She had played in clubs and bars.
(d) She had sung in the church choir.

15. What does Barbara Kingsolver say is the consequence of watching violent films?
(a) Understanding the roots of violence.
(b) Protecting against violence.
(c) Understanding the consequences of violence.
(d) Acting out violently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the most important part of her experience as a rock star?

2. What was Barbara Kingsolver inspired by, in this writer?

3. What instrument was Barbara Kingsolver asked to play in a band?

4. Why did it take Barbara Kingsolver a long time to visit the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson?

5. What was Barbara Kingsolver told during protests?

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